I loved all three
of my silver
threepenny bits
especially the shiny one
with Queen Victoria’s head
so it was strange
that I should dropp them
secretly, one by one
in the church collection plate
at Sunday Mass.
I made myself do it,
wanting to show —
to prove to myself
that I loved God more
than my lovely
silver threepenny bits.
What a strange child I was,
misguided, too, I think
— perhaps.

Pete Crowther

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